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p, J, ETUE' Feb. 27, 1923- GATE Filed Feb. '28, 1921 6M 6 r, 7 1 o m 0 9 9/ 1 Md Il r w 6M 7M?` im m l #l .I'lll on. Il l lb M o0 Il Il 4 L5 y .f f l Il: .ooo Il .M. IL Tl l f M a 0J, j 0. 0M ad Patented Feb. 27, 1923.

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Application led Februaryv 28, 1921. Serial No. 448,426.

To all whom t may cm1/cera:

Be it known that l, Fn'rnn J. ETU'E, a lcitizen of the United States, residing at Merriam, in the county ot Johnson and State of Kansas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Gates, ot which the following is a specitication-- My invention relates to improvements in gates. Y

The object ot my invention is to provide a. 4gate with means 'for supporting it such that the gate, in swinging from the closed or open position, will clear snow and other obstructions which' may be in the line ot its path ci movement. My invention turthe-r provides novel locking means which is simple, cheap to make, easily operated, secure, durable, not liable to get out oi order and `which is eiiicient in operation.

A :further object of my invention is rto provide nove-l supporting and locking means which' may be applied to wooden or iron gates and to gates now in use.

rFhe novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawing which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a side elevationl of my improved gate shown in solid lines in the locked closed position, and in dotted lines in the upwardly tilted position. y l

Fig. 2 is a top view oit the gate.

Fig. is an enlarged vertical section on the line 3--3 ot Fig.` 1.

Fig'. 4 is an enlarged line d-ll ot Fig.- 1.

, Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 55 of Fig. 3. V

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a` vertical section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged top view ot one ot the supporting pivots.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged top view of a portion of the gate and parts connected therewith.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

1 designates the Jtrame, preferably rigid, such as is ordinarily employed in gate concross section on the struction. 2 designates the usual post upon is right angled and has which the gate is swung and the 'post with which the` gate is adapted lto be lockingly engaged.

For pivotallysupporting the traine l, the

ylatter has mounted in it at one`end two horizontal boltsv l yand 5, `disposed lone above v lthe l'other and rvproviled respectively with horizontal eyes 6 and 7 in which are respectively pivotallytniounted the upsta-nd ing ends ot two bolts S and-9, each olwhich its horizontal p0rtion entendingthrough the post 2 to which it is clampedy by nuts 10, which respectively embraceopposite sides ot said post.

lEach of the eyes 6 and 7 'is transversely `elongated to permit of lateral movement `on the bolts 8 and 9 respectively.l The `eye7,

shown in Fig. 6, is provided with a recess 11, which will permit the trame 1 to swing from the position shown in Fig. 6, and in solid lines in Fig. 1, to the. position shown in dotted lines shown in Fig. 1. j

For normally tilting the frame 1 to the position shown 'in dott-ed lines in Fig. 1, the :trarne 1 has mounted upon its right hand upper corner, as viewed in Fig. 1, a bracket 12 provided with an upstanding eye 13 which engages and is laterally slidable cna-horizontal leye 14 provided 'on the adjacent end ot a'bol-t 15 which is-horizontally slidable in ahole prov-idedin post .2, and which .has mounted upon its other end anut 16, against which bears one end of a coil spring 17, which encircles the bolt 15 and the other end ot which bears against the post 2. The tension of the spring 17 is such that it will normally force the bolt 15 to the right, as viewed in Fig.` 1, thereby normally tilting the trame 1v upwardly to the position shown in Adotted lines in Fig. 1.

Rigdly fastened tothe post 3 on the side thereof adjacent to the tramey 1, is a plate j pressed and then permitted to rise, the pin will enter the notch 19, thereby holding the frame 1 from tilting upwardly and from lateral swinging in either direction.

To releasably lock the frame in the closed position, just described, and to hold the frame from being accidentally forced downm wardly, so that the pin 20 can escape from the notch 19, l provide suitable releasable means kconsisting preferably in a manually slidable pin 22, F 7, which is horizontally slidable in the frame 1 to and from a position in which it will enter an upwardly fac` ing notch 23 provided in 'the plate 18 directly above the notch 19, see Figs. 3 and 7. Eneircling the pin 22 and bearing at onel ond against an annular flange 2a onv the pin 22 is a coil spring 25, the other end of which bears against an annular inwardly extend-- ing flange 26 provided in a horizontal tube 27 which is mounted in the frame-1.

ln the operation of my invention, to open the gate, the pin 22 is pulled out of the notch 23, and the adjacent end of the gate is then depressed and swung` to clear the pin 2O of the notch 19, after which the spring 17 will tilt the frame to the posi-- tion shownl in dotted lines in F ig. 1. The

frame may then be swung in either direction to the open position in which operation, the eye 13 will travel laterally on the eye 14: to the position shown in dotted lines in F ig. 9, when the frame is swung in one direction, in which position of the frame the tension of the spring 17 Awill tend to hold the frame in the open position.

`Whe`n the gate is to be closed, the frame is swung from the open position to near the closed position and is then depressed and then permitted to rise, sov that` the pin 2O enters the notch 19. The spring 25 will then force the pin 22 into the notch- 23, thereby locking the gate in the closed position.

rihe tilted position of the gate, when it yis unlocked and released from the plate 18,

permits the gate to. swing clear of obstructions, such as might otherwise obstruct it.

I do not limit my invention to the strucof means by which the gate is pivotallyy supported on said post so as to swing ver tically and laterally, a bolt horizontally slid able in said post and pivotally engaging said gate above the pivotal support of the latter', and a spring bearing against the post and against said bolt, whereby the gate is normally upwardly tilted, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a gate and a post, of means by which the gate is supported on said post so as to swing vertically and laterally, a bolt horizontally slidable in said post and pivotally engaging said gate, and a spring bearing against the postA and against said bolt, the arrangement being such that the spring normally tilts the gate upwardly and holds it in the open position, substantially as set forth.

. 3. The combination with a gate and a post, of means by which the gate is supported on the post so as to swing vertically and laterally, a bolt horizontally slidable in said post and having a horizontal eye, a member on the gate pivotally engaging said eye and arranged to slide laterally thereon, and means for forcing said bolt horizontally in a direction such that the gate will betilted upwardly, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. f

l ,PETER .if ETUE. 

